Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- About the Editors -- About the Contributors -- PART I: Developmental Theories -- 1. Jean Piaget's Constructivist Theory of Learning -- 2. Maria Montessori: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow -- 3. The Eriksons' Psychosocial Developmental Theory -- 4. The Importance of Urie Bronfenbrenner's Bioecological Theory for Early Childhood Education -- 5. Vygotskian and Post-Vygotskian Approach: Focusing on "The Future Child"
6. Learning How to Mean: M. A. K. Halliday and the Language of Early Childhood -- PART II: Infant/Toddler Theories -- 7. T.B. Brazelton's Developmental Approach to Learning -- 8. The Educaring Approach of Magda Gerber -- 9. Developing Attachment: The Theoretical Work of John Bowlby and Mary Ainsworth -- PART III: Behaviorist Theories -- 10. The Work of B.F. Skinner: Effective Practices within Early Childhood Settings -- 11. Ole Ivar Lovaas: A Legacy of Learning for Children with Disabilities -- PART IV: Critical Theories -- 12. Mikhail Bakhtin: Dialogic Language and the Early Years
13. Educative Experiences in Early Childhood: Lessons from Dewey -- 14. The Whole World Is a Chorus: Paulo Freire's Influence -- 15. Working with Deleuze and Guattari in Early Childhood Research and Education -- Index
